How to Add the Copy To and Move To folder commands to the Windows Explorer context menu in Windows 7

Adding 'Copy To' and 'Move To' folder command in Windows 7 is little tricky.

In Windows XP it was easy.  All you had to do was right-click the standard toolbar, select the Customize command, scroll through the Available Toolbar Buttons list, and select either the Move To or Copy To item.

But in windows 7 its little tricky. We have to resort to regedit for this.

NOTE: Please, create a confirmed backup of the Windows Registry file before you perform any edits.

Step 1: To launch the Registry Editor, click the Start button, type Regedit in the Start Search box, and press [Enter].

When the UAC dialog box appears, respond appropriately. When the Registry Editor appears, navigate to the following folder:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFilesystemObjects\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers

Step 2: When you get there, right-click on the ContextMenuHandlers folder and then select the New | Key command, as shown

Right click the ContextMenuHandlers folder and select the New | Key command.

Step 3: When the new value appears, type in the following code including the brackets:

{C2FBB630-2971-11D1-A18C-00C04FD75D13}

press [Enter] and the Copy To Folder command will be added to the context menu.

Step 4: Right click on the ContextMenuHandlers folder and select the New | Key command again. This time when the new value appears, type in the following code including the brackets:

{C2FBB631-2971-11D1-A18C-00C04FD75D13}

Step 5: Press [Enter] and the Move To Folder command will be added to the context menu.

Your ContextMenuHandlers folder should look like this. To complete the operation, close the Registry Editor.

Figure B

Simply adding these two keys to the ContextMenuHandlers folder is all that is needed to add the Copy To Folder and Move To Folder commands to the context menu.

Last Step:  Close the Registry Editor,and you are done. Rebooting after reg editing is always a good idea.

How to solve 'Your System Is Low On Virtual Memory' Problem

Warning: If you are not facing problems with your Page File (i.e your system is not giving warning about low virtual memory) DON'T CHANGE IT. And under no circumstance do not assign lesser memory than what Windows has automatically assigned. It may result in FATAL error.


Windows XP

Click Start, right-click My Computer, and then click Properties.


In the System Properties dialog box, click the Advanced tab.

In the Performance pane, click Settings.

In the Performance Options dialog box, click the Advanced tab.

In the Virtual memory pane, click Change.

Change the Initial size value and the Maximum size value to a higher value, click Set, and then click OK.

Click OK to close the Performance Options dialog box, and then click OK to close the System Properties
 
Windows 7
 
Open Computer


up and hit the System Properties button, or Right Click on computer and hit Properties, or even still, go to the Control Panel and open the System button

Then on the left hand side, there’s a button marked Advanced System Settings

On the popup that opens, make sure you’re on the Advanced tab, then hit the button marked Settings under the Performance subsection

After that, hit the Advanced tab on that new popup, then hit the Change button for the Virtual Memory sub-section

Finally, once here, uncheck the “Automatically Manage Paging” option and increase the size manually.

How to Defrag your Harddisk with Kaspersky installed

Now whats so great about defragging your hard drive?? Nothing. You install any defragging software or use Windows inbuilt defragger and rest is automatic. But the problem with Kaspersky is that with self defence 'ON', it doesont allow defragger to access its files. So the defragger skips kaspersky files and defrag the rest. For some people it may be annoying that even after defragging, the disk is still showing some fragmented files. For them there is one solution:
1. Right click on the system tray icon of Kaspersky and select 'setting;.
2. Click on the option on the left pane.
3. Uncheck 'Enable self defence'.
4. No need to stop kaspersky. You can defrage the hard drive now and after that check "Enable self defence' again. thats it.

How to Use Gmail IMAP in Microsoft Outlook 2007

We’ve all been hearing about the new IMAP support in Gmail, but how do we access that from Outlook? Those of you that have been waiting patiently will be happy to know all the instructions are on this page.

Using IMAP we can synchronize email across multiple devices, since the mail stays on the server. You already stopped reading this part and skipped down to the instructions, didn’t you?

Enable IMAP in Gmail Settings

Open your Settings panel in Gmail, and then click on the “Forwarding and POP/IMAP” tab.

Now click the Enable IMAP radio button, and click Save Changes.

Add Account to Outlook

Use the Tools menu you to open the Account Settings panel.

Add Account to Outlook

Use the Tools menu you to open the Account Settings panel.

If this is your first account you’ll be prompted for the wizard, otherwise you’ll need to click the New button under the E-mail tab.

Now select the “Microsoft Exchange, POP3, IMAP or HTTP” option and hit next.

Select the checkbox for “Manually configure server settings” and everything on that page will gray out. Hit the next button again.

Now select “Internet E-mail”  (Didn’t we just do this? This wizard is taking too long…)

Finally we can enter some settings! Add in all your personal information here.

Note: If you are outside of the US you may need to use imap.googlemail.com and smtp.googlemail.com instead of imap.gmail.com and smtp.gmail.com.

Note: for Gmail Apps accounts, you’ll need to put in your full email address wherever you see an @gmail.com above. For instance, if your account was geek@howtogeek.com you would put that in the E-mail address field as well as the User Name field.

Click on the “More Settings” button and find the Outgoing Server tab, where you’ll need to check the box for “My outgoing server requires authentication”

Now choose the Advanced tab, and enter the following values (Very important)

• Incoming Server: 993
• Incoming Server encrypted connection: SSL
• Outgoing Server: 587
• Outgoing Server encrypted connection: TLS

Note: If you are having an issue with your sent email not showing up in Gmail, you can use the Folders tab, and then select the [Gmail] \ Sent Mail folder.

Note: Only do this step if your mail is not showing up, otherwise it will duplicate the sent mail.

Now that you’ve closed out that dialog, you can click the Test Account Settings button to make sure everything is going to work.

If all goes well, you should see a success message.

Note: Some ISPs restrict outgoing mail, so if you have a problem sending a test message you’ll need to consult with their documentation.

Accessing Your Mail

Now that everything is working you’ll notice a new set of folders for your Gmail account. (I’m using Gmail apps, which is why you don’t see an @gmail.com email address)

All of your labels will show up as separate folders, and the built-in “folders” in Gmail will be under the new [Gmail] folder.

Outlook Flags = Gmail Stars

If you want to star a message in Gmail, you just need to flag it in Outlook. When I flagged this message from Mysticgeek…

It shows up in Gmail as a starred message. (And it works the other way too)

Sending Email from Outlook

To send a new email from your Gmail account, just change the “Account” drop-down to your Gmail address before you send a message.

Note that if you only use Gmail, you won’t have this drop-down and it will default to your Gmail.

Final Thoughts

Here’s a few things to keep in mind:

• Gmail Labels = Outlook Folders. To label a message, add it to a folder.
• Gmail Stars = Outlook Flags.
• Do Not move spam messages to the “Junk E-mail” folder in Outlook, move them to the [Gmail] \ Spam folder.
• Outlook has a built-in Search Folder for “Large Mail”, which will let you easily find messages with large attachments.

Now that you can access your starred and labeled messages, you can start using Outlook’s excellent Search Folders to find messages more easily.

How to Set a language to a style in Word

 

If your work requires typing blocks of non-English text within your English-language Word documents, then you know how annoying it can be when Word continues to proofread the non-English text using its English dictionary.

Word automatically proofreads your document for the language version installed on your system. So, if you purchased your copy of Word in the United States, it will mark all the text as English (U.S.) and will proof the non-English text against the English (U.S.) dictionary. When you add a block of foreign phrases, Word's spelling and grammar checker will flag them as incorrect rather than proof them against the appropriate foreign language dictionary. You could set up Automatic Language Detection; however, this method is not foolproof for smaller blocks of text.

To let Word know which dictionary to use to proof the text, you should mark it for proofing in its own language by assigning a language style. Follow these steps:

1. Type the foreign language text.

2. Select the text.

3. Go to Tools | Language | Set Language.

4. Scroll to and select the language from the Mark Selected Text As list.

5. Click OK.

6. Go to View | Task Pane.

7. Click the Getting Started arrow and select Styles And Formatting from the list.

8. With the text still selected, click New Style.

9. Enter a name for the style (such as French) in the Name box.

10. Click OK.

Now when you want Word to proof your text in French, highlight the text and select French from the drop-down Style box in the Formatting toolbar. This new style will be available to the current document only. If you want it to be available to the template the document is based on, click the Add To Template check box in the New Style dialog box after step 9 and before clicking OK.

How to Use heading styles to create an outline of your Word report

 

Your supervisor asks to see an outline of your Word report before you submit the final version. Since you built your report in Outline view, you figure all you need to do is switch to your view to Outline, display the heading levels you want to include, and press [Ctrl]A and then [Ctrl]C to copy the text to a new document for submission.

However, when you paste the outline to a new blank document, all the body text and subheadings go along with it. Since you used the Standard headings in Outline view, you can still copy just the headings by using the Table of Contents feature. Follow these steps:

1. Open the document in Page Layout view.

2. Click at the end of the document.

3. Go to Insert | Reference | Index And Tables.

4. Click the Table Of Contents tab.

5. Clear the Show Page Numbers check box and click OK.

6. Select the entire Table Of Contents.

7. Press [Ctrl][Shift]F9.

8. Press [Ctrl]X.

9. Click the New Blank Document button in the Standard toolbar.

10. Press [Ctrl]V.

11. Select the Table Of Contents in the new document.

12. Go to Format | Bullets And Numbering.

13. Click the Outline Numbered tab.

14. Select the third box in the first row.

15. Click OK.

You now have an outline of your document that you can edit and submit for review.

How to Move endnotes to the end of a Word document

 

After completing your report in Word, you decide to format the table in the document in landscape mode to make it more readable. Since the table is located on page five of your 10-page document, you need to create three sections: Section One for the text preceding the table in Portrait mode, Section Two for the page containing the table in landscape mode, and Section Three for returning the text following the table to Portrait mode. After formatting the table sections, you notice that the endnotes created in the first four pages have moved to the end of the first section. You want to move them back to the end of the document. Don't worry—you don't need to delete these endnotes and create them over again. Follow these steps:

1. Click anywhere in Section One of your document.

2. Go to File | Page Setup.

3. In the Layout tab, select This Section In The Apply To drop-down list.

4. Click the Suppress Endnotes check box and click OK.

5. Click anywhere in Section Two of your document.

6. Repeat steps 2 through 4.

All endnotes should now be at the end of the document.

How to Change automatic reference marks for Word endnotes

 

By default, Word uses small Roman numerals for endnote reference marks. If you decide later that you do not want to use the default number format, you don't have to delete the endnote numbers and re-create them all again. All you need to do is follow a few simple steps.

For example, to change the Roman numerals to Arabic numbers without having to insert new ones, follow these steps:

1. Click anywhere in your document.

2. Go to Insert | Reference | Footnotes.

3. Click Endnotes and make the appropriate selection from the Endnotes drop-down list.

4. Select 1, 2 ,3... from the Number Format drop-down list.

5. Select Whole Document from the Apply Changes To drop-down list.

6. Click Apply.

By clicking Apply instead of Insert, you can change all the endnotes in the document. You can also follow this procedure to change the automatic reference marks set for footnotes. The only difference is in step 3; you will click Footnotes and make the appropriate selection from the Footnotes drop-down list.

Customizing WordArt objects in Word documents

 

Word gives you considerable options for designing WordArt objects. For example, suppose you want to use a certain WordArt format for your company logo, but you do not like the default font size or color. To make the desired changes, follow these steps:

1. Go to Insert | Picture | WordArt.

2. Click the fourth choice in the second row. Click OK.

3. Type your company name.

4. In the Size drop-down menu, choose 28 and click OK.

5. Right-click the company logo and select Format WordArt.

6. Under Fill, click the drop-down arrow in the Color text box and select Fill Effects.

7. Click the drop-down arrow in the Color text box for Fill, move the Transparency slider to 0, and select dark red to match your company's color.

8. Click the drop-down arrow in the Color text box for Line and select dark red to match your company's color.

9. Click OK.

By default, WordArt formats the height of lowercase letters smaller than the surrounding uppercase letters. To achieve an avant-garde effect, you can make all letters the same height by following these steps:

1. Click the company logo.

2. Click the WordArt Same Letter Heights button in the WordArt toolbar.

You can use the mouse to click and drag a WordArt object to any position on the page. This is fine for moving it from one side of the page to another, but if you only want to move it incrementally, you may find that you miss the mark or mistakenly reshape the WordArt object. When you need to move the object just a bit, you may find it easier to use the arrow keys instead of the mouse. Click the WordArt object to select it, then press the up, down, right, or left arrows as needed to move it to the desired position. Note: You can only do this with floating WordArt objects, not those inline with the text. To change an inline object to floating, click the Text Wrapping button in the WordArt toolbar and select any option except Inline With Text.

Once you have created a logo using WordArt, you may want to display it on every page of your company's Web site. If you would like Web surfers to be able to get to your Home page by clicking the company logo, follow these steps:

1. Right-click the logo and select Hyperlink.

2. Click the Existing File Or Web Page button.

3. Navigate to your company's home page document file and click OK.

4. Right-click the logo and select Format WordArt.

5. Click the Web tab.

6. Under Alternate text, click after the company name and enter Home Page.

7. Click OK.

How to undo in Word's Print Preview

While you can edit your Word document in Print Preview, the Print Preview toolbar does not have an Undo button. However, you don't need to return to Print Layout or Normal view to undo your changes; you still have the Edit menu and the shortcut keys. For example, you can go to Edit | Undo Typing. You can also press [Ctrl]Z until all changes have been undone.

If you prefer to use the Undo button, you can make it available by right-clicking the Print Preview toolbar and clicking Standard. Or, if you do a lot of editing in Print Preview, you can customize it so that the Undo button is always at hand. Follow these steps:

1. In Print Preview, click the drop-down arrow at the end of the Print Preview toolbar.

2. Select Add Or Remove Buttons and click Customize.

3. Under the Commands tab, select Edit under the Categories list.

4. Under the Commands list, click and drag Undo to the Print Preview toolbar.

5. Click Close.

You may also want to add the Redo button after step 4.

How to Use Print Preview to move objects within your Word documents

 

Most of us find it easy to click and drag selected text or graphic objects within a Word page. This method is not so quick and accurate when you are moving an object in Print Layout or Normal view from one end of the document to another. In that scenario, you may find it easier to Cut the object, scroll to the page you want to move it to, then click within the page and select Paste.

This may be fine for one or two changes within a small document, but what if you have to move a number of objects in a 16-page document? Fortunately, Print Preview lets you click and drag the object without all those mouse clicks. For example, suppose you need to move some text from page two to page four in your document. Follow these steps:

1. In Normal or Page Layout view, go to page two of your document.

2. Click the Print Preview button.

3. Click the Magnifier button in the Print Preview toolbar.

4. Click and drag to select the text you want to move.

5. Click the Multiple Pages button in the Print Preview toolbar and drag down the first row of icons to 3 x 1 Pages.

6. Click your selection on page two and drag it to page four.

7. Click the One Page button in the Print Preview toolbar and make any necessary corrections to the position of the text.

You can use the Multiple Pages button to display up to 24 pages of your document.

How to Let Word format your document as you type

 

If you aren't sure how to format your document, Word includes a number of document styles that you can choose from, covering everything from spacing between paragraphs, when to indent, what type of heading to use, and table formats. All you need do is select the style you want from Word's Style Gallery, and Word will do the rest. For example, say you are typing an end-of-the-year department report and would like to use the Elegant Report document style. Follow these steps:

1. Go to Format | Theme.

2. Click the Style Gallery... button.

3. Under Template, select Elegant Report and click OK.

4. Go to Tools | AutoCorrect Options.

5. Click the AutoFormat As You Type tab.

6. Under the Apply As You Type section, click the Built-In Heading Styles check box.

7. Under the Automatically As You Type section, click the Define Styles Based On your Formatting check box.

8. Click OK.

Now you can begin typing the text of your report; Word will automatically format the document text to conform to the Elegant Report style you have chosen.

To see which formats are active, follow these steps:

1. Click [Ctrl][F1] to display the Task Pane (or go to View | Task Pane in Word 2002).

2. Click the Getting Started arrow and select Styles And Formatting.

3. In the Show box, select Formatting In Use from the drop-down menu.

If you disagree with any of the styles applied by Word, you can select the text and reformat according to your preferences.

If you have an existing document and you would like to apply a style from the Style Gallery, don't worry -- you don't have to retype the document. Follow steps 1 through 3 in the first set of instructions to select your style, and use these steps to have Word format your document all at once:

1. Go to Format | AutoFormat.

2. Click AutoFormat Now.

3. Click OK.

As always, you can override any format Word applies.

How to Keep Word commands handy with Office 2007's Quick Access Toolbar

 

With Word 2007, there's no reason to click the mouse more than once to execute a command. If you find yourself frequently clicking around the ribbon to get to the same handful of commands, just add them to Word's Quick Access Toolbar, and you will not have to hunt for it again.

For example, if your job often entails reviewing document comments, follow these steps to add the most frequently used reviewing tools to the top of the screen.

1. In the Quick Access Toolbar to the right of the Office button, click the Customize Quick Access list arrow.

2. Click More Commands.

3. Select Choose Commands from the drop-down list.

4. Click All Commands.

5. In the left column, click <Separator> and then click the Add button.

6. Scroll to and click Accept And Move To Next, then click the Add button.

7. Click <Separator> and then click the Add button.

8. Scroll to and click Reject and Move to Next, then click the Add button.

9. Click OK.

Once you add a tool, you can remove it from the toolbar by right-clicking the tool and selecting Remove From Quick Access Toolbar

How to Change the default margins of your Word 2007 documents

 

Word 2007 makes it easy to change your default margins. For example, if your organization requires all documents to have one-inch margins, you can set it once, and then make it the default setting for all new documents. Follow these steps to make the changes stick:

1. In the ribbon, click the Page Layout tab.

2. Click the Margins tool in the Page Setup group.

3. Click Custom Margins.

4. Change your right and left margins to one inch.

5. Click the Default button.

6. Click Yes.

All new documents based on your document's template will have one-inch margins. If you need to temporarily change the margins to one of the standard choices -- for example, two-inch left and right margins -- follow these steps:

1. In the ribbon, click the Page Layout tab.

2. Click the Margins tool in the Page Setup group.

3. Click Wide.

The left and right margins for the document you are currently working on will adjust to two inches.

How to Use Word 2007's options to change your default document folder

 

In Windows, all your Word documents save to the My Documents folder by default. However, your organization may require that you save your documents to a folder on the network server. Rather than navigating to the network server every time you need to save a file, change the default so your Word 2007 files automatically save to the correct folder. Follow these steps:

1. Click the Office button.

2. Click the Word Options button.

3. Click Save.

4. Under Save Documents, click the Browse button next to the Default File Location text box.

5. Navigate to and click the folder you want to be your default.

6. Click OK twice.

If you save a new document in Word 2007, it will save in Word 2007 format. If you know you will be sharing your document with users of older versions, such as Word 2002 or Word 2003, you may want to set the default to the older format to ensure that those users will be able to read your newly-created documents. Follow these steps:

1. Click the Office button.

2. Click the Word Options button.

3. Click Save.

4. Under Save Documents, click the drop-down arrow in the Save Files In This Format Box and select Word 97-2003 Document (*.doc).

5. Click OK.

By default, all new files will save in a format that users of earlier Word releases can read.

How to Let Word 2007 proofread your documents with a click of the mouse

 

Word 2007 automatically proofreads your document for spelling, grammar, and style errors as you type; you can correct the errors as they occur or at the end of your Word session. You can customize how Word proofreads your documents by setting the desired proofreading options before you work on your document.

For example, suppose you want Word to make suggestions before automatically changing a misspelled word, as well as identify gender-specific words in your text. Follow these steps:

1. Click the Office button, and then click the Word Options button.

2. Click Proofing.

3. Under When Correcting Spelling And Grammar In Word, click the AutoCorrect Options... button in the right pane.

4. Under the AutoCorrect tab, clear the Automatically Use Suggestions From The Spelling Checker check box. Click OK.

5. Click the Writing Style Settings button.

6. Scroll to Style and click the Gender-Specific Words check box.

7. Click OK twice.

When you are ready to proofread your document, click the Proofing Errors button in the status bar to sort through and correct any errors that Word has found.

How to Add a header to Word 2007 documents with three mouse clicks

While Word 2007 comes with some sophisticated built-in header styles, most documents do not require such complex headers. Sometimes all that is needed is a quick way to add your name and page number to the top of each page.

Word 2007 makes it easier to add a simple header, with fewer mouse clicks than previous versions. For example, to create a simple header for a report, follow these steps:

1. In the ribbon, click the Insert tab.

2. Click Header under the Header & Footer Group.

3. Click Edit Header.

In the blank header area, you can add your name and page numbers. To do so, follow these steps:

1. Press [Ctrl]R.

2. Type your name and press [Enter].

3. Type Page.

4. Click the Insert tab.

5. Click Page Number in the Header & Footer Group.

6. Click Current Position.

7. Click Plain Number.

8. Click the Close Header button.

You can go back at any time and edit the header by simply double-clicking the header text on any page. When you finish your edits, double-click outside the header area to continue working in the rest of the document.

How to Save time by using Word 2007's built-in cover pages

Prior to Word 2007, you had to manually set section breaks at the top of your document before you could create a cover page with a different page format from the rest of your document. With Word 2007's built-in cover pages, the section breaks are already formatted for you. Follow these steps to add one of the built-in cover pages to your document:

1. Click the Insert tab.

2. Click the Cover Page button.

3. Scroll to and click Sideline.

4. Select the Title field and add your own title.

5. Click to select the Subtitle field and add your own subtitle.

6. Click the list arrow on the Date field and select the date from the calendar.

7. Click anywhere in page two of your document.

8. On the Insert ribbon, click the Page Number button.

9. Point to Bottom Of Page and click Plain Number 3.

10. Click the Page Number button on the Design ribbon.

11. Click Format Page Numbers.

12. Click in the Start At text box and change the 1 to 0. Click OK.

13. On the Design ribbon, click the Close Header And Footer button.

Note: This feature is not supported in Word 2007 Compatibility Mode documents.

How to Address letters in a snap with Word's Insert Address toolbar button

 

When you write a client letter, you probably have to open up your Outlook address book to find the client's name and address and then copy and paste the address into your document. You can simplify this process by adding a button to your Word toolbar that will let you find and insert the address without leaving your document. Follow these steps:

1. Go to Tools | Customize.

2. Click the Commands tab.

3. Select Insert from the Categories list box.

4. In the Commands text box, click and drag the Address Book command to the Standard or Formatting toolbar.

Now click in the Word document where you want the address to appear and then click the Insert Address toolbar button. A dialog box will open and allow you to search for the client in your Outlook address book. When you locate the name, click on it, and then click OK. Word will insert the name and address in the document at the insertion point.

How to Control text flow in Word with linked text boxes

 

It can be time- and labor-intensive to format columns so the text flows evenly from one column to another, when you've already typed and formatted the article text in another Word document, and also formatting a newsletter which is to include the headline article on page one with a picture that takes up most of the page. You would also like to include an events calendar in the right hand corner, with the article continuing on page two. To use text boxes to lay out this newsletter, follow these steps:

1. Open a blank document in Print Layout view, right-click the Standard toolbar, click Drawing.

2. Click the Text Box tool in the Drawing toolbar and click and drag across the top of the page where you wish to insert the picture.

3. Underneath the picture text box, insert two vertical text boxes: one for the article text and a second for the events calendar.

4. Insert a hard page break. On page two of your document, insert two vertical text boxes -- one on each side of the page.

5. Click the first vertical text box on page one. Right-click the Standard toolbar and click Text Box.

6. On the Text Box toolbar, click the Create Text Box Link tool.

7. Move the pointer (which is now shaped like a pitcher) to the second vertical text box on page two. When the pitcher turns into a pouring pitcher, click the second text box to link it with the first.

8. Click the second text box, which you linked to the text box on page one. Click the Create Text Box Link tool.

9. Move the pointer to the third vertical text box on page two. When the pitcher turns to become a pouring pitcher, click the third vertical text box.

When you copy and paste the article into the first vertical text box on page one, the text will automatically flow into the next linked text box when the first text box is filled. Likewise, when the second box is filled, the article text will automatically flow to the third linked box.

How to Prevent Outlook from adding the country field in Word

 

When you write letters in Word, Outlook automatically inserts the country that matches your PC's regional settings in the Country/Region field for that record (unless you include a country in the address). Consequently, when you click the Insert Address button in the Envelopes And Labels dialog box and choose Outlook as your Address Book, Word automatically inserts the full address, including whatever is in the Country/Region field. For example, if you are located in India, Word will insert India. To prevent Word from automatically entering a country in your letters, follow these steps:

1. Open Outlook.

2. Open Outlook's Contacts folder.

3. Go to View | Arrange By | Current View | By Location.

4. Scroll down until you see the first record with United States of America in the Country/Region column.

5. Delete United States of America from the Country/Region cell of that record.

6. Select all remaining records with United States of America in the Country/Region column.

7. Click the Country/Region cell of one of the selected records and drag it to the empty Country/Region cell created in step 5.

Now when you insert an address using Word's Insert Address button, no country name will appear for the records where the field is blank. When adding new records to your Outlook address book, be sure to delete the country name by clearing the contents of the Country/Region field in the Check Address dialog box for that record.

What are the 10 Windows Application Linux should have.

Many Window applications can be run in Linux using wine, but it would be far better if they are made as native Linux application.

Here is my list of probable 10.

1: Photoshop

Photoshop is, without a doubt, the de facto standard for image editing. It’s also the application that users most often claim they’d like to see ported to Linux. Yes, there are plenty of other image editing applications for Linux (some of which are quite good), but none can compare to the power and versatility of Photoshop. Back in early 2000, it was thought that the head of Adobe simply wasn’t a fan of the open source movement. But then, a few years later, a developer from Adobe came forward to say that the company was more concerned with standards in the area of fonts, color management, and printing. Well, those areas have certainly followed standards (Freetype, OpenIcc, and Cups), so the reasons for not porting are growing slimmer and slimmer.

2: Quicken

Quicken is another application that people still depend upon, even though there are many alternatives. Whether it’s for home or small business use, Quicken takes care of financial needs that many of the open source alternatives can’t match — such as the ability to seamlessly integrate with tax applications, like Turbo Tax. And since Quicken is problematic when you try to run it with Wine, a port will be the only option (outside of running in a virtual machine — which doesn’t count in this instance).

3: AutoCAD

AutoCAD is yet another proprietary Windows application that has many alternatives for the Linux desktop, none of which completely fulfills the needs of the serious professional. There are good Linux CAD tools (such as NX, from Siemens), but for most users the very name AutoCAD is synonymous with CAD. So until AutoCAD is ported, professional designers who employ CAD applications will not be migrating to Linux. Ironic that AutoCAD was originally run on *NIX.

4: Dreamweaver

Dreamweaver is one of the more popular of web design applications. And, of course, there are plenty of web design tools for Linux. But very few tools can stand up to the tool that all others are judged by. Now Dreamweaver is one of the tools that can be run Via WINE, but as anyone who has used applications with WINE knows - it is not the same.  I would have to say that porting the standard web design tool to Linux makes perfect sense, seeing as how so many web sites are run on the Apache web server. A marriage made in IT heaven.

5: iTunes

iTunes is currently the only application that will allow you to sync your iPhone or iTouch. I hesitated to put this sofware on the list, but more and more business users are relying on their mobiles for connectivity. And seeing as how the iPhone is the current standard in the smartphone arena, it only makes sense that iTunes should be ported to the Linux operating system. There are currently tools (such as ifuse) that allow read-only access to the iPhone/iTouch, but there is no way to fully sync with the hardware.

6: QuarkXpress

QuarkXpress is a must-have for many users, and none of the equivalent applications is as powerful or standard as Quark. I use Scribus for PDF creation, but it can’t import Quark proprietary files, nor can it edit PDF documents (it can only create them). Scribus is an outstanding application, but Quark is one of the mainstays for larger business use.

7: Microsoft Outook

Outook is here for only one reason — Exchange. Yes, there are Linux clients that can connect to an Exchange server, but none of them enjoys full Exchange support. For the home user, this isn’t such an issue. But for the business user it is. Many businesses depend upon Exchange and (in some cases) allow only that software for serving email and sharing calendars. If Evolution would finally get to the point where full Exchange integration is a reality, Outlook could be removed from this list.

8: Intuit QuickBooks

QuickBooks is Quicken’s big brother. This version of the tool ups the ante, taking it to big business and enterprise computing. In the Linux, open source world, there really is no equivalent software that will get your business up and running as easily (and globally) as QuickBooks. You could cobble together a few open source tools to equal it, but is the time and effort worth it? Better would be a real port of QuickBooks to Linux.

9: Corel Home Office

Corel Home Office evokes a bittersweet memory of when the Corel Word Processor was ported to Linux. The tool worked well, and everyone saw signs that Linux was going to get all of the necessary tools for a powerhouse operating system. But the rug was pulled out from under the feet of the penguin, and Corel stopped producing the Linux version. Now Corel has a home office suite, but only for Windows. Is this a necessary tool when there are so many outstanding alternatives, such as Microsoft Office and OpenOffice? Maybe not so much. But Corel once supported Linux, and a move to restore that support could initiate support from other companies. And remember, at one point, the WordPerfect word processor was the king of the hill.

10: World of Warcraft

World of Warcraft is a game. I hesitate to include any game on this list, but World of Warcraft is a completely different caliber. It is THE game and will remain THE game for a long time. At one point, Blizzard was one of the companies that supported Linux. You could get Diablo and Diablo II working on Linux. Now the games require Cedega to run. If WoW were to be ported to Linux, there would be a large number of migrations — simply to play a game. Many apps and ship-jumpers would quickly follow.

How to Insert voice comments into a Word document

We use Word to share information and ideas via the written word, but there’s more to Word than that. When something doesn’t lend itself well to the written language, you can insert a voice comment. For instance, you might want to include a personal greeting or clarify a point.

This feature is dependent upon the creator and the recipient having the appropriate hardware, so it won’t work for everyone. The creator needs a microphone and the recipient needs speakers. If you can’t control the recipient’s hardware, you might want to skip this option. It won’t help to insert a voice comment the recipient can’t hear.

Hardware issues aside, inserting a voice comment is easy:

1. Display the Reviewing toolbar: From the View menu, choose Toolbars and then select Reviewing; or right-click the background of any toolbar and select Reviewing.

2. If the Insert Voice icon isn’t visible, add it: Click the Reviewing toolbar’s drop-down arrow (at the right end) and choose Add Or Remove Buttons. Then, select Reviewing and select Insert Voice. In Word 2007, click the Office button and then click Word Options. Select Customize and then select Commands Not In Ribbon from the Choose Commands From drop-down list. Select Insert Voice and click Add and then click OK.

3. After you add the Insert Voice button, you’re ready to record a comment. Position your cursor where you want to insert the comment or highlight a word or phrase if you want to attach the comment to content.

4. Click the Insert Voice button.

5. When Word displays the Sound Object dialog box (which seems to take a while the first time), click the Record button (that’s the red button at the right end).

6. Start talking.

7. When you’re finished, click Stop (that’s the rectangle to the left of the Record button).

8. Close the Sound Object dialog box .

Word will insert a comment balloon that looks just like any other comment. However, instead of text, the comment balloon will display a speaker icon. To play the voice comment, simply double-click that icon.

How to get a free PDF creator.

Using doPDF you can freely convert documents to searchable PDF files from any Windows application. It installs as a printer driver and helps you generate the PDF files by simply selecting the "print" command from any application (you can convert your Word documents, Excel sheets, PowerPoint presentations, AutoCad drawings, company's reports, contracts, workflows, agreements, marketing plans, forms, products list, price list, charts, emails or web pages). The resulted PDF files can be viewed on any computer with a PDF viewer (reader) installed. doPDF has a lot of features that allows you to: modify the paper size, modify the resolution (from 72 to 2400 dpi), change page orientation (portrait, landscape), and change the quality settings.

Change the Windows 7 logon screen wallpaper

Nearly everyone who works on a computer likes to customize his or her experience. Whether it's about productivity or merely cosmetic, we like to change things to suit our work habits and tastes. alas, we can make very few changes to the logon screen through the normal Windows interface.However, if you know where to look and aren't afraid to make a few Registry tweaks; you can customize the Windows logon screen.(all credit to Greg Shultz). As always, backup your registry before you make any change to it.


Unlike in some previous versions of Windows, Microsoft built-in the ability to change logon screen wallpaper so that it would be easier for OEMs to customize Windows 7 for their customers.End users and IT pros can use this same trick. Perhaps you want to put your company's logon on the logon screen or a picture of your family or your pet or me.


1. Open Regedit in the Search box. Then, select the appropriate result and press [Enter].
if User Account Control pops up, click the Yes button.



2. locate and right-click on HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE key and select the Find command.
type OEMBackground in the text box and make sure that only the Values check box is
selected.

find the following key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Authentication\LogonUI\Background

3. locate and double-click the OEMBackground value. When you see the Edit DWORD dialog
box, change the value data from 0 to 1.

(If the OEMBackground value doesn't exist in the Background key, you'll need to create
it by pulling down the Edit menu from that key and select New | DWORD (32-bit) Value.)

4. Click OK to close the Edit DWORD dialog box, and then close the Registry Editor.

After editing the Registry, you'll need to create a couple of folders.

5. To begin, launch Windows Explorer. Then navigate to the C:\Windows\System32\Oobe folder.

6. Once you access the Oobe folder, click the New Folder button in the Windows Explorer toolbar. Click Continue in the confirmation dialog box and name the new folder "info."


7. Now, open the info folder, click the New Folder button again and name the second new folder backgrounds.

8. Pick an image for your new logon screen wallpaper. Any image can be used, but there are a few requirements.

(a) It must be in JPG format
(b) The file can't be larger than 256K
(c) Its dimensions should match your current screen resolution
(d) you must name the file backgroundDefault.jpg


9. Copy this image to the Windows\System32\Oobe\info\backgrounds folder, you'll encounter a confirmation dialog box. Click Continue to complete the process.


10. You may find that the shadowing on the logon screen buttons and text doesn't really work with your new background. This also can be changed..Microsoft made it easy to adjust or disable the text and button shadows to accommodate your particular image with another quick registry tweak.

11. relaunch the

Registry Editor and navigate to the key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Authentication\LogonUI

12. Once you open the LogonUI folder, create a new DWORD value called ButtonSet. You can then configure the shadow by setting the value data to one of the following numbers:

0 -- Light shadow

1 -- Dark shadow

2 -- No shadow

and thats it.

Also, if you ever want to go back to the logon screen's original wallpaper, you can reverse the steps outlined. or simply rename your image file to anything other than backgroundDefault. Both of these should do the trick.